 MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are...  Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose - Page 427edited by - 1910 - 756 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few! MILTON. Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need of thee...again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the... | |
 | England - 1854 - 760 pages
...serve as a fair specimen of his brilliant qualities as a translator : — ** Milton ! tbou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee...again. And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the... | |
 | John Bolton Rogerson - 1854 - 320 pages
...appropriately closed than with the following noble sonnet by Wordsworth : — ' Milton! thou shouhl'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou had'st a voice whose sound was like the se» : Pure as... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1854 - 364 pages
...fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; O, raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul was like... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...In all its purest bloom. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Born 1770. t 1850. London, 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...! And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...gifts of life and warmth have been Of a more fatal nature ! BYRON. T 2 MILTON. MILTOK ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee...again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1857 - 480 pages
...fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - Blind - 1857 - 330 pages
...are strongly tempted to join in the grave reproach of Wordsworth's sonnet : " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. 0 raise us up ; return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. I.OSDOV, 1802. MlLTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee...; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - Literature - 1858 - 376 pages
...described Milton might with great truth be applied to Wordsworth himself: — " Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the... | |
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